Alone in Different Languages
Discover 'Alone' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Alone
Afrikaans alleen | ||
Albanian vetëm | ||
Amharic ብቻውን | ||
Arabic وحده | ||
Armenian մենակ | ||
Assamese অকলশৰীয়া | ||
Aymara sapa | ||
Azerbaijani yalnız | ||
Bambara kelen na | ||
Basque bakarrik | ||
Belarusian адзін | ||
Bengali একা | ||
Bhojpuri अकेले | ||
Bosnian sam | ||
Bulgarian сам | ||
Catalan sol | ||
Cebuano nag-inusara | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 单独 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 單獨 | ||
Corsican solu | ||
Croatian sama | ||
Czech sama | ||
Danish alene | ||
Dhivehi އެކަނި | ||
Dogri इक्कला | ||
Dutch alleen | ||
English alone | ||
Esperanto sola | ||
Estonian üksi | ||
Ewe akogo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mag-isa | ||
Finnish yksin | ||
French seul | ||
Frisian allinne | ||
Galician só | ||
Georgian მარტო | ||
German allein | ||
Greek μόνος | ||
Guarani ha'eño | ||
Gujarati એકલા | ||
Haitian Creole pou kont li | ||
Hausa kadai | ||
Hawaiian hoʻokahi wale nō | ||
Hebrew לבד | ||
Hindi अकेला | ||
Hmong nyob ib leeg | ||
Hungarian egyedül | ||
Icelandic ein | ||
Igbo naanị | ||
Ilocano agmay-maysa | ||
Indonesian sendirian | ||
Irish ina n-aonar | ||
Italian solo | ||
Japanese 一人で | ||
Javanese piyambakan | ||
Kannada ಕೇವಲ | ||
Kazakh жалғыз | ||
Khmer តែម្នាក់ឯង | ||
Kinyarwanda wenyine | ||
Konkani एकटें | ||
Korean 혼자 | ||
Krio wangren | ||
Kurdish tenê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تەنها | ||
Kyrgyz жалгыз | ||
Lao ດຽວ | ||
Latin solum | ||
Latvian vienatnē | ||
Lingala yo moko | ||
Lithuanian vienas | ||
Luganda -kka | ||
Luxembourgish alleng | ||
Macedonian сам | ||
Maithili असगर | ||
Malagasy irery | ||
Malay bersendirian | ||
Malayalam മാത്രം | ||
Maltese waħdu | ||
Maori mokemoke | ||
Marathi एकटा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯊꯟꯇ | ||
Mizo a malin | ||
Mongolian ганцаараа | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တစ်ယောက်တည်း | ||
Nepali एक्लो | ||
Norwegian alene | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) yekha | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଏକାକୀ | ||
Oromo qofaa | ||
Pashto یوازې | ||
Persian تنها | ||
Polish sam | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) sozinho | ||
Punjabi ਇਕੱਲਾ | ||
Quechua sapalla | ||
Romanian singur | ||
Russian один | ||
Samoan naʻo oe | ||
Sanskrit एकाकी | ||
Scots Gaelic aonar | ||
Sepedi noši | ||
Serbian сам | ||
Sesotho a le mong | ||
Shona oga | ||
Sindhi اڪيلو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තනිවම | ||
Slovak sám | ||
Slovenian sam | ||
Somali kaligaa | ||
Spanish solo | ||
Sundanese nyalira | ||
Swahili peke yake | ||
Swedish ensam | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mag-isa | ||
Tajik танҳо | ||
Tamil தனியாக | ||
Tatar ялгыз | ||
Telugu ఒంటరిగా | ||
Thai คนเดียว | ||
Tigrinya ንበይንኻ | ||
Tsonga wexe | ||
Turkish tek başına | ||
Turkmen ýeke | ||
Twi (Akan) nko ara | ||
Ukrainian поодинці | ||
Urdu تنہا | ||
Uyghur يالغۇز | ||
Uzbek yolg'iz | ||
Vietnamese một mình | ||
Welsh ar ei ben ei hun | ||
Xhosa ndedwa | ||
Yiddish אַליין | ||
Yoruba nikan | ||
Zulu yedwa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Alleen" in Afrikaans comes from the Dutch word "alleen" and also means "completely" or "only". |
| Albanian | As a noun, "vetëm" can mean "singularity" or "unit". |
| Amharic | The word "ብቻውን" in Amharic can also mean "only" or "solely". |
| Arabic | The word 'وحده' also translates to 'singularity', 'unity', or 'solitude' in English. |
| Armenian | The word "մենակ" (menak) in Armenian is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mei-, meaning "me" or "I," and is related to the Latin word "meus" (mine). |
| Azerbaijani | The word 'yalnız' is also derived from the Old Turkic term 'yalın', meaning 'naked' or 'barren'. |
| Basque | The word “bakarrik” derives from the Basque word “bakar” (one) and the suffix “-rik” (the only one). |
| Belarusian | The word "адзін" is related to the Sanskrit word "ekata", meaning "only one" |
| Bengali | The word "একা" in Bengali may also mean "single" or "without a partner or companion". |
| Bosnian | The word "sam" in Bosnian can also refer to "only" or "just" as a conjunction in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | "Сам" can mean "alone", but is also the Bulgarian word for "same" and is cognate with Russian "сам" (self) and Sanskrit "sama" (together). |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "sol" can also mean "only" or "just". |
| Cebuano | The word "nag-inusara" is also used to refer to a person who is not married. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word can also mean 'single', 'isolated', 'separate', or 'independent'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 單獨 in Chinese (Traditional) can also mean 'by oneself' or 'independently'. |
| Corsican | "Solu" also refers to the male goat or mountain goat. |
| Croatian | In Serbian, 'sama' refers to a woman's wedding dress |
| Czech | "Sám" means "alone," but also "himself," or in Old Czech, "together". |
| Danish | The word 'alene' in Danish can also mean 'entirely', 'only', or 'merely'. |
| Dutch | The word "alleen" in Dutch can also mean "only" or "merely". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "sola" is derived from the Latin word "solus", meaning "alone". |
| Estonian | "Üksi" is probably of Finnic origin and may derive from the Proto-Finnic word "üks", meaning "one", so the Estonian "üks" also means "one". The related Estonian verb "üksinda" means "to be alone". |
| Finnish | The word "yksin" is related to "yksi," meaning "one" and can also mean "single" or "unique." |
| French | The word "seul" in French is derived from the Latin word "solus", meaning "alone", and also has the alternate meaning of "only". |
| Frisian | Frisian "allinne" is likely derived from Old Frisian "âlêna," from "âna" (one), suggesting "being one." |
| Galician | Só in Galician can also refer to a place of solitude or a period of time spent on one's own |
| Georgian | "მარტო" is derived from the Old Georgian "მარტა", meaning "empty", and is related to the Proto-Kartvelian root *marta, meaning "to be empty". |
| German | The German word "allein" stems from Middle High German "eine" and ultimately from Gothic "ain(an)" (meaning "one") with the connotation that there is one individual without any associates. |
| Greek | In ancient Greek, "μόνος" also means "unique". |
| Gujarati | The word "એકલા" (ekla) literally means "one" or "only" in Gujarati, emphasizing the sense of solitude. |
| Haitian Creole | The phrase "pou kont li" literally translates to "for his/her own account" in French, but in Haitian Creole it has come to mean "alone". |
| Hausa | The word "kadai" in Hausa, meaning alone, is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to the solitary path or journey of a person who has chosen an independent or unconventional path in life. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hoʻokahi wale nō" in Hawaiian can also mean "exclusive" or "limited to one". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "לבד" (levad) can also mean "except" or "besides". |
| Hindi | एकला' का मतलब अकेले तो होता ही है, इसके अलावा यह एकल या एक संख्या को भी इंगित करता है। |
| Hmong | "Nyob ib leeg" also means "to be independent" in Hmong, referring to a state of self-reliance and freedom from external influence. |
| Hungarian | The word "egyedül" in Hungarian is derived from the word "egy" (one) and originally meant "as one", i.e. "alone". |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, the word 'ein' originally meant 'one', while its meaning of 'alone' emerged later through semantic extension. |
| Igbo | Naanị can also mean 'only', 'just', and 'apart from' in the Igbo language. |
| Indonesian | Derived from the Malay "sendiri" or "diri" to refer more to an abstract separation from society, and used in Indonesian to refer to the physical state of an individual being only with themselves. |
| Irish | The Irish word "ina n-aonar" literally means "in the solitude" |
| Italian | In Italian, "solo" also means "ground floor" or "basement": similar to English "subterranean". |
| Japanese | The original meaning of 一人 (hitori) was "human being." |
| Javanese | piyambakan's root, 'piyambe', means 'self', also used in the word 'piyambak' (alone), where '-an' is a suffix indicating a group or plural state.} |
| Kannada | The term "ಕೇವಲ" originates from Sanskrit and also signifies "absolute" or "merely" in certain contexts. |
| Kazakh | Жалғыз can also mean "the odd one out" |
| Khmer | The word “តែម្នាក់ឯង” literally means “only one person,” but it can also be used to denote a feeling of loneliness or isolation. |
| Korean | The word "혼자" (alone) in Korean can also mean "by oneself" or "without others". |
| Kurdish | The word "tenê" can also mean "one", "solitude", or "loneliness" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жалгыз" is derived from the Proto-Turkic root "jalγïz" which also means "unique" and is related to "jaŋïz" which means "new" and "original". |
| Lao | "ດຽວ" can mean "wait" or "in vain", and can be used colloquially as a conjunction meaning "and". |
| Latin | The Latin word 'solum' can also mean soil or ground, as seen in the word 'solitude' which literally translates to 'alone in the soil'. |
| Latvian | The word "vienatnē" (alone) originally referred to the state of being single or unmarried, and only later took on the meaning of being physically alone. |
| Lithuanian | The word "vienas" shares its root "vien-" with the words for "unity" ("vienybė") and "one" ("vienas"). |
| Luxembourgish | The word "alleng", meaning "alone" in Luxembourgish, originates from the German "allein" or the French "seul", both meaning "alone". |
| Macedonian | The word "сам" also means "himself" and "one's own" in Macedonian |
| Malagasy | The word 'irery' in Malagasy may also refer to a state of solitude or isolation. |
| Malay | "Bersendirian" also means "lonely" in Malay, reflecting the emotional aspect of being alone. |
| Malayalam | "മത്രം" (mātram), derived from Sanskrit, also denotes 'only' or 'merely' and 'alone' or 'single' or 'separate' |
| Maltese | The word "waħdu" is also used in Maltese to refer to something that is unique or one of a kind. |
| Maori | The word "mokemoke" has been used in Maori folklore to refer to a supernatural creature that inhabits forests. |
| Marathi | The word "एकटा" in Marathi is also used to refer to someone who is unique or special |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "ганцаараа" can also mean "solitude" or "isolation." |
| Nepali | The term "एक्लो" (alone) may have connections to the Sanskrit root "eka" (one) and could be interpreted as "the state of being one with oneself."} |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "alene" originally meant 'all by oneself' or 'without company' |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | An alternative meaning of "yekha" is to be "in distress". |
| Pashto | The word "یوازې" in Pashto has a similar meaning to the Persian word "تنها" which means "alone" or "unique" |
| Persian | The word "تنها" in Persian can be translated as both "alone" and "lonely", with the latter sense often implying a negative connotation. |
| Polish | The word "sam" also refers to single items or entities in Polish |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Sozinho" originated from the Latin word "solus" (alone) which also gave rise to the English word "solitude". |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਇਕੱਲਾ' ('alone') derives from the Sanskrit word 'ekakala', meaning 'single' or 'unaccompanied'. |
| Romanian | The word "singur" in Romanian also means "unique" or "sole", and is derived from the Latin word "singularis". |
| Russian | "Один" is the Russian word for "one", but it can also mean "alone" or "lonely". |
| Samoan | The word "naʻo oe" can also mean "lonely" or "forsaken". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "aonar" has been used both as a preposition and adverb. |
| Serbian | The word "сам" also has the alternate meanings of "oneself" and "same" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "a le mong" literally means "there is one". |
| Shona | The word "oga" can also mean "without" or "unless" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | In the Sindhi language, the word "اڪيلو" also has the alternate meaning of "unique" or "exceptional." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "තනිවම" (alone) in Sinhala is derived from the Sanskrit word "sthaniya" meaning "own place". |
| Slovak | Sám can also be used to refer to the state of being widowed, as well as to emphasize loneliness. |
| Slovenian | The word "sam" in Slovenian can also mean "the same" or "identical". |
| Somali | The word "kaligaa" in Somali can also refer to an orphan or a person without relatives. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "solo" can also mean "only" or "merely". |
| Sundanese | The word "nyalira" can also refer to a type of bird with a bright orange back. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "peke yake" can also mean "by oneself" or "on one's own". |
| Swedish | "Ensam" is derived from the Old Norse "einsamr," meaning "solitary, isolated, without companions." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "mag-isa" can also mean "to be independent" or "to be self-sufficient." |
| Tajik | "Танҳо" can also mean 'calm' or 'quiet' in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word "தனியாக" (alone) in Tamil is derived from the root "தனி" (self) and can also mean "separately" or "by oneself". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "ఒంటరిగా" can also be used to describe a person who is isolated or has no companions. |
| Thai | The word "คนเดียว" (alone) in Thai derives from the Old Khmer "kun-tiew" meaning "a single person". |
| Turkish | "Tek başına" originated from the Persian phrase "tek bedene" meaning "in a single body". |
| Ukrainian | The word "поодинці" in Ukrainian is derived from the word "один" (one), and literally means "one by one". |
| Urdu | The word "تنہا" can also refer to being "unique" or "unmatched". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "yolg'iz" may have originated from the Mongolian word "yolq" meaning "to isolate," and also means "unique" or "special." |
| Vietnamese | The word 'một mình' literally means 'by oneself,' but it can also imply a sense of 'solitude' or 'isolation'. |
| Welsh | The Welsh phrase 'ar ei ben ei hun' literally means 'on its own head' or 'by its own self' |
| Xhosa | The word derives from a Proto-Bantu root, *n-dɛ́d-wà, meaning "be/be alone." |
| Yiddish | אַליין derives from the Hebrew word לְעַצְמוֹ (le'atzmo), meaning "by oneself". In Yiddish, it can also mean "independently" or "of one's own accord". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "nikan" has several alternate meanings, including "self," "only," "exclusive," and "single." |
| Zulu | The word "yedwa" in Zulu could also mean "secret" or "hidden". |
| English | The word "alone" comes from the Old English word "ana," meaning "apart". It can also mean "without others," "solitary," or "lonely." |